Oral status of older people in medium to long-stay health and social care setting: A systematic review
BMC Geriatrics Jun 19, 2021
Ruiz-Roca JA, Fuentes DM, Gomez Garcia FJ, et al. - A systematic review was performed to determine the oral health status of older patients admitted to institutions or hospitalized for a long period of time. Researchers carried out searches of PubMed, Embase and Cochrane Library, with 12 different combinations of keywords based on the following selection criteria: studies published in the last 5 years, in English and/or Spanish and/or Portuguese, with samples of ≥ 30 patients, performed in patients older than 65 years, admitted to any type of institution and/or hospital center for at least 7 days and in which the state of hard and/or soft tissues of the oral cavity were evaluated in some way. The data demonstrate that the oral health of patients aged more than 65 is worse than that of the rest of the population. The results illustrate that long hospital stays or being institutionalized in a residence makes this group susceptible to a worsening of their oral health status. There is a need to develop protocols for the oral health care of these patients, accompanied by training programs for the personnel responsible.
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